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Table 3 Practice Characteristics of Respondents

From: The effects of patient characteristics on ADHD diagnosis and treatment: a factorial study of family physicians

 

Number

Percent

Credential

  

MD

162

86.6%

DO

21

11.2%

MBBS

1

0.5%

Mid-Level

3

1.6%

 

187

100%

Specialty or Area of Practice

  

Family Medicine

172

92.0%

Pediatrics

15

8.0%

 

187

100%

Years in Practice

  

Range: 1-36 years; Weighted Avg: 16.09 years (SD: 9.71)

Patient Population

  

Mostly poor, non-white

52

27.8%

Mostly poor, white

21

11.2%

Middle class, mixed race/ethnicities

57

30.5%

Middle class, mostly white

24

12.8%

Middle class, mostly white,

1

0.5%

Other (Most indicated low SES)

32

17.1%

 

187

100%

Practice Setting

  

Rural

22

11.8%

Mixed Rural/Suburban

28

15.0%

Mixed Suburban/Urban

24

12.8%

Mixed Rural/Suburban/Urban

12

6.4%

Mixed Rural/Urban

5

2.7%

Suburban

32

17.1%

Urban

64

34.2%

 

187

100%